Jack White - Want and Able: Guitar Chords

Learn to play "Want and Able" on your guitar with our chord guide. This page provides everything you need to perform this song on the guitar, including lyrics integrated with chords, chord diagrams, and a key transposer to match your vocal range.

Chorus:
A                         D
Who is the who, telling who what to do?
A                         E
Who is the who, telling who what to do?
A                         D
Who is the who, telling who what to do?
          A            E            A
Tell me who, tell me who, tell me who

A                          D
Well, Want and Able were crossing the road
 A                            E
Want had a feeling there was something he was owed
    A                            D
But Able broke it to him that there's a social code
           A                              E
So walk straight down the middle now and do
            A
what we're told
A                                      E
Walk straight down the middle now and do
            A
what we're told

Chorus

Want said that didn't feel so good
To never be fulfilled, forever stressed out
and impatient
Always sayin', "Just over the next hill"
Always sayin', "Just over the next hill"

  D                       A
Who is the who, telling who what to do?
      E                        A
Being able is to freedom what wanting is to cruel
      D                           A
It's hard to tell it seems, which one of them's
the fool
     D                     A                E
Is freedom a gift, that we only give to the ones
            A
that say I love you?

Chorus

Now, Want and Able are two different things
One is desire, and the other is the means
Like I wanna hold you, and see you,
and feel you in my dreams
But that's not possible, something
simply will not let me

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Guitar Chord Diagrams

A

Guitar chord A

D

Guitar chord D

E

Guitar chord E

Here you can see detailed diagrams for each guitar chord used in the song. Utilize our key transposer to adjust the chords to a key that better fits your singing range. Simply select the desired key, and the chords throughout this page will update automatically, ensuring you can play and sing comfortably.

If you are also interested in learning how to play "Want and Able" on the ukulele, check out the chords on our sister site: Ukulele Chords for "Want and Able" by Jack White.